Vocabulary for lesson 7 Flashcards

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British

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Coming from, located in, or related to Great Britain ( for example, the British government or the British army). The most important part of Great Britain is the country of England. For this reason, British and English are often used to mean the same thing.

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Colonial regions

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Areas in North America were different kinds of colonies developed because of different because differences in climate and natural features, or geography. There are three colony now. Regions were in the new England, middle, and southern regions.

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Economy

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The way that particular region or country organizes the manufacturer and exchange of such things as money, food, products, and service. And economy includes a system of money and all businesses, industries, farms, and so on that help to produce, sell, or trade things of value.

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Democratic

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Controlled or run by people themselves, with each person have any equal say. In democratic government, people usually elect representatives to make laws for them, in every persons vote counts equally. In some other kinds of government, one person, or a few people, have the power to rule over everyone else without being elected.

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Indentured servants

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Individuals who agreed to work for a period of time in exchange for free passage from Europe.

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Grant

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To give someone something he or she has ask for. For example, the king granted William Penn, the land called Pennsylvania.

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